Ex-president George H.W. Bush moved to intensive care; wife hospitalized
Source: Reuters
18 JAN 2017 AT 13:47 ET
Former U.S. president George H.W. Bush has been moved to an intensive-care unit at a Houston hospital with pneumonia and was stable and resting comfortably after doctors performed a procedure to clear his airway, his office said on Wednesday.
His wife, former first lady Barbara Bush, also was admitted to the same hospital on Wednesday as a precaution after experiencing fatigue and coughing, the office said in a statement.
Bush, who at 92 is the nations oldest living ex-president, has been at Houston Methodist Hospital since Saturday after experiencing shortness of breath, family spokesman Jim McGrath said on Wednesday.
Since then, Bush experienced an acute respiratory problem stemming from pneumonia and was sedated for the unspecified procedure, his office said.
Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/ex-president-george-h-w-bush-moved-to-intensive-care-wife-hospitalized/
TygrBright
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Schema Thing
(10,283 posts)Or just an old Intelligence Community guy who can't.even?
I am sure the Bushes want to vomit as much as we do over this.
kimbutgar
(21,155 posts)I wouldn't be surprised if thumps attacks on our intelligence agencies greatly upset poppy bush Ex CIA guy.
Put my mom in the hospital. It can happen.
DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)pneumonia was an "old man's friend" meaning it made passing away quicker and easier.
LeftInTX
(25,356 posts)Don't know if this was a chest tube, suction or trach. Either way, it is a procedure done to prolong life. I am a bit surprised. My parents had advanced directives and probably would have opted out of treatment.
DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)once the lungs/airways start getting congested, but I hope he is able to recover.
csziggy
(34,136 posts)She had COPD and pneumonia. Her oxygen level got below 50% so they were going to put in a tube but had to suction her before they could get air to her lungs.
The family put her into hospice last Wednesday and she passed away the next day.
With her COPD she could have suffered much longer. She's been fighting for each breath for years and especially in the last year. Until this last illness she had been able to function.
LeftInTX
(25,356 posts)csziggy
(34,136 posts)But we're glad she isn't hurting any more.
She was amazing - started the Bay County Audubon group, was a Girl Scout leader, volunteered with United Way, published a genealogy book, and raised five amazing children. She had eight grandchildren and eight great grandsons!
eggplant
(3,911 posts)Denzil_DC
(7,242 posts)Liberalagogo
(1,770 posts)If one or both of them passed and totally overshadowed the inaugurination?
Not saying I hope that, just speculating.
angrychair
(8,699 posts)Not the best of presidents but they really are not bad people.
They changed as they aged. Barbara Bush really is a kind hearted and pleasant person.
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)for the next 4 years over Trump in a HEARTBEAT!
cyclonefence
(4,483 posts)The Family. Barbara came off as vicious and nasty, mean spirited and rude.
He, on the other hand, is responsible for the Americans with Disabilities Act, an immensely important law.
democrank
(11,095 posts)olddad56
(5,732 posts)Bengus81
(6,931 posts)elmac
(4,642 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)It's not good if the parkinson's is so advanced he can't clear his lungs.
hibbing
(10,098 posts)Like others have said, not my favorite president, but he served when not all Republicans were batshit crazy.
Peace
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)He reminds me that republicans weren't always far right wing assholes. Probably the thought of the degenerate infesting the white house on Friday that got him sick.
adigal
(7,581 posts)even though I don't like Jeb, must be heartwrenching. I bet that this has him completely upset. It would me.
Hekate
(90,704 posts)I think Jimmy and Roslyn should also consider the weather and their age.
bdamomma
(63,865 posts)I hope they will be okay. Too much stress right now for everyone.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)harun
(11,348 posts)Blue Idaho
(5,049 posts)I hope the extended family is well also.
Skittles
(153,164 posts)I never cared much for Bush Sr as president but unlike his son, I did accept him as president.
adigal
(7,581 posts)He is at least smart, and knew to not get us mired in Iraq. Unlike his Idiot Son.
ginnyinWI
(17,276 posts)My dad had "pneumonia" because he had had a slight heart attack at home and didn't go in until he was short of breath. Congestive heart failure makes you short of breath when the heart can't keep the lungs clear.
Kittycow
(2,396 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)He had the good sense to put on the brakes in Iraq and, even though he gave Lee Atwater free reign in 1988, he actively campaigned against David Duke in 1991, calling him a racist and a charlatan. He loved and served his country. I respect him and wish him peace.
OldRedneck
(1,397 posts)I'm an Advanced Life Support EMT. George Bush the Elder is in ICU on a ventilator with pneumonia. He's 94. This is not good. They'll probably pull him through but the end is near. He's in severe respiratory distress, which puts huge strain on the heart. There are three stages, each worse than the preceding one: Respiratory difficulty; respiratory distress; respiratory arrest. I suspect he's between distress and arrest -- he's moving very little oxygen -- the heart and brain require lots of oxygen -- no doubt they are throwing everything they have at him and his case is not unusual for his age, with pneumonia. I wish him the best, but, let's be realistic.
I'm a liberal Democrat but I certainly admire the old-style Republicans like GHWBush. He was a New England Brahman with a sense of noblesse oblige and civic duty . . . Navy fighter pilot in WW II.
If he were to die in the next couple of days, his passing would suck all the air out of Trump's inauguration and would cause comparisons between a true statesman and the Carnival Barker. Not that I want that to happen . . .
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)but respected his service.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,192 posts)That's just not good. We're meant to be mobile.
tparrett62
(268 posts)But I don't wish him or Barbara any ill will. If it's his time, I hope it's quick and painless, and his family is with him. And if "his time" just happens to screw up Trump's thunder, fine with me.